Lucija Ćirić Bagarić

Lucija Ćirić Bagarić (born 9 January 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 157, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a highest doubles ranking of 118, achieved on 3 August 2026. She has won nine singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life Ćirić Bagarić was born in Dubrovnik and grew up in Lapad. Her father was a footballer.

She began playing tennis at the age of six, After her junior career, she was extended offers to play tennis at Harvard University and Princeton University, but chose to pursue professional tennis instead. In September 2023, she made her WTA 125 debut at the Ljubljana Open, where she reached the quarterfinals.

She was named ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month in February 2024.

Ranked No. 185, she qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the 2024 French Open, after defeating Arina Rodionova, Rebecca Marino, and Sara Saito in the qualifying competition without dropping a set. She lost to Peyton Stearns in the first round, in three sets.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (6–5)

Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups) Legend W100 tournaments W75 tournaments W50 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (3–8)

Team competitions Billie Jean King Cup (1–3)

United Cup (0–1) Group membershipUnited Cup (0–1)Matches by surfaceHard (0–1)Matches by typeDoubles (0–1)Matches by settingOutdoors (0–1)